NYISA is one of the most prestigious international screenplay competitions for screenwriters who aspire to connect with US industry workers and explore the US markets!

NYISA prizes are not only for the winners! but, Finalists & Semi-Finalists will have prizes too!

The prizes include;
InkTip Pro memberships,
Copyright protection registrations, by Creators Vault,
Online Screenwriting Courses, by Script Reader Pro,
Final Draft Software,
Audio Production Packages, by Sound of Scripts
Production Company meetings/pitchings, by VPF!
Email blasts to the 1050+ agents and producers, by Script Mailer,
Coverages, page-by-page script analysis & an e-book, "Common Screenwriting Mistakes" by Uplift Script.

And everyone who enters;
will have free feedback for their logline!

The award ceremony will be at the DROM Venue, on May 9th, 2024! YOU ARE INVITED!
It's free, one of the most effective networking cocktail parties in NYC!

NYISA offers the workshops "How to write An Award-winning Screenplay" and "Advanced Screenwriting Development Programs."
For more info, workshops@nyisa.com

$3,000 in Cash Prizes. Plus 1 Year of Script Development Support for two Winners each season. For screenwriters who want help to finish their scripts.

Want to transform that rough idea, treatment, or first draft into a polished screenplay that’s ready for production?

Of course, you do!

But finding the time, dedication, and expert help when you need it isn’t exactly easy, is it?

That’s where our Script Development Fund comes in.

We understand that many aspiring writers struggle to find the time to write whilst supporting themselves and their families. That’s why we’re offering Two (2) Writers the chance to win $3,000 in Cash Prizes + 12 months of Free Script Development.

We've already helped launch the careers of 100+ writers, including deals with Sony, Blumhouse, Film4, and Hulu, and now we want to extend that help to the writers who need it most.

The cash prizes awarded to the two Winners of this contest are intended to finance greater freedom for writers, whether that’s taking time off from work, attending a writer’s retreat, engaging childminders, or any other way the writer sees fit that will help them find dedicated time to write.

We also get that writing can sometimes be an isolating experience, so our Head of Education here at Shore Scripts will be there for you - offering Script Development for one year to both Winners; providing ongoing coverage and feedback to help you create the best screenplay possible.

It’s not just about getting the script ready; it’s about getting the writer ready too, so at the end of the year, both Winners’ scripts will be reviewed and if the time is right, the Winners will work with our Writer Development Manager to send their scripts out to members of our Industry and Directors roster.

The Fund welcomes submissions from screenwriters from around the world. We accept short Treatments for features or TV series, or the first 10 pages of a longer script that the writer is currently working on.

Treatments and scripts must be in English. Scripts must be personal specs and not screenplays for projects that you have been commissioned and paid to write by a production company or producer.

The Script Development Fund offers you an opportunity to transform your story idea into a screenplay that will make people take notice of you and your work.

Shore Scripts does not seek to obtain any rights over your script at any time.

FOR ALL THE INFO: https://www.shorescripts.com/scriptdevfund/

SHORE SCRIPTS | DISCOVERING NEW SCREENWRITING TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD.


BENEFITS

* Grand Prize Winner - $2000 in Cash.

- and a complimentary enrollment into Robert McKee’s legendary STORY Seminar online.

* 2nd Place Winner - $1000.

- and a free copy of Robert McKee’s STORY Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting best-selling book.

Both Winners will receive personalized free script feedback and development advice from our Head of Education and Script Development for 12 Months. The order and timescale in which prizes are received are determined by the Winners but must take no longer than one year:

- Direct email contact throughout the year.
- Two (2) 1-Hour calls, either online or on the phone as preferred by both parties.
- One (1) 6-page coverage report
- Two (2) 3-page coverage reports

Both Winners will also receive Six (6) months of free access to the Stage 32 Writer's Room program.

The Grand Prize Winner will have the opportunity to receive free one-to-one career advice from Melissa Houghton, Executive Director of Women In Film & Video, and member of the WETA Community Council, the FAVS Advisory Board at George Mason University, and the Advisory Board for The Actors’ Center.

* Top 5 Finalists will each receive a free 3-page coverage from our Reader Team, a free copy of (Not Just) Another Book on the Craft of Screenwriting, the new book from the ISA's Director of Education, Max Timm, and a free 6-month ISAConnect membership.

Plus, all our Winners and Finalists get the opportunity to join our private alumni Facebook community where they can network with other winners, readers, and members of the Shore Scripts team, and our Directors' roster and take part in exclusive live events and access specially provided learning materials.

Take a look at our alumni and see how Shore Scripts can kick-start your screenwriting career: www.shorescripts.com/success-stories/.

Placing in Shore Scripts contests will boost your rating on Coverfly’s Red List. At the end of 2023, over 100 scripts by Shore Scripts writers were listed in Coverfly's Top 10%.

Plus, every writer who enters receives a FREE copy of our 40-page COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO SCREENPLAY FORMATTING.

For thirty years, Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers. With one of the most noteworthy competitions among Hollywood tastemakers, AFF consistently ushers newcomers into the bustling world of film and television. Whether your dream is to sign a contract, land an agent, learn from an industry icon, or take home the coveted Bronze Typewriter Award, it’s simple: you can’t win if you don’t enter. So submit today!

Our intention is to help open doors for the aspiring television writer. There are four categories you can submit to, which include one hour existing shows, ½ hour existing sitcom, original pilots, and reality shows.

The participants we have chosen to read the winning scripts are individuals from established production companies. Whether you are already an aspiring television writer or a writer interested in exploring other avenues, Scriptapalooza TV is here to promote you.

EMMY & BAFTA Judges will decide this year’s Winners. Guaranteed Industry Meetings & Mentorships + Cash Prizes. Writer Development Program for Winners & Finalists.

The Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest is for screenwriters who are looking to get staffed on TV shows and have their pilots picked up by production companies. Many contests will quickly move on after announcing the placings. Not us. We are constantly getting each year's top scripts out to the industry and creating real and tangible opportunities and successes for our writers.

GUARANTEED INDUSTRY MEETINGS

This year, as well as the industry connections we create from our Writer Development Program, the following members of our Industry Roster have already signed up to meet with writers of one-hour and half-hour pilots.

FOR WRITERS BASED IN THE U.S.
David Katsman - Manager at Sugar 23 | True Detective, Dickinson
Liz Orr - Agent at WPA | 3 Body Problem
Steve Smith - Manager at Stagecoach | The Aviary
Allard Cantor - Manager at Epi Center | The Purge

FOR WRITERS IN THE UK AND EUROPE
Ajay Sisodiya - Producer at Lookout Point | Happy Valley
Emily Jouffroy - Producer at Elation Pictures | Tides
Adam Morane-Griffiths - Producer at Wildcard Films | The Investigator

PLUS OUTSTANDING INDUSTRY MENTORSHIPS

Both of our 1hr and 1/2hr Grand Prize Winners will win a call with SEAN CHARLES - Development & Production Manager at AMC Networks.

Our 1hr Grand Prize Winner will also win a call with John Papsidera CSA, the 2x Emmy-Winning Casting Director of YELLOWSTONE, WEST WORLD, and OPPENHEIMER.

Our ½hr Grand Prize Winner will also win a call with Henry Russell Bergstein CSA, the Emmy-Nominated Casting Director of BLACK MIRROR, and SUCCESSION.

Mentors will read and discuss your script with you, imparting expert advice on how to best position yourself to take the next step in your screenwriting career.

With the rise of TV since the advent of streaming, the prestige of the showrunner, and the growth of the writer's room, there has never been a better time to set your sights on a writing career in the industry. Backed by our unique Writer Development Program, our alumni have gone on to write and get staffed on shows for Netflix, HBO, HULU, Universal, SYFY, FOX, Sony, and SkyTV. Take a look at some of our successes - www.shorescripts.com/success-stories/.

This year’s Judges’ panel of EMMY & BAFTA winners & noms will be awarding prizes for ½-hour and 1-hour pilot scripts. We welcome submissions from writers around the world creating ongoing shows or limited series. Web series pilots should be entered in the ½-hour category.

The 2024 JUDGES PANEL includes:

- Josh Lieb, 7x Emmy-winning Writer & Producer – WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, THE SIMPSONS, SILICON VALLEY.
- Randall Keenan Winston, Emmy-nominated Writer & Producer - SHRINKING, GRACE & FRANKIE, COUGAR TOWN, SCRUBS.
- Kirstie MacDonald, Bafta-nominated Producer – OUTLAWS, LINE OF DUTY, IN PLAIN SIGHT.
- Michael Hyatt, Actress – NIGHTCRAWLER, SNOWFALL, FAME, THE WIRE.

See the full list of our TV Pilot Judges here - http://www.shorescripts.com/judges/.

FOR ALL THE INFO: https://www.shorescripts.com/tv/.

SHORE SCRIPTS | DISCOVERING NEW SCREENWRITING TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

Awards & Prizes

* Guaranteed Meetings for this year’s Winners. This year the following members of our Industry Roster have signed up to meet with writers of one-hour and half-hour pilots based in the U.S.A., Sugar 23, WPA, Stagecoach, and Epi Center. For writers in the UK and Europe: Lookout Point, Elation Pictures, and Wildcard Films.

* All of our Winners and Finalists have the opportunity to participate in our Writer Development Program receiving one-to-one support from our Writer Development Manager who will send out scripts to our roster of over 300 Managers, Agents, Producers, and Directors.

* 1-Hour & ½-Hour Grand Prize Winners - receive $2,500 each.

Both of our 1hr and 1/2hr Grand Prize Winners will win a call with SEAN CHARLES - Development & Production Manager at AMC Networks.

Our 1hr Grand Prize Winner will also win a call with John Papsidera CSA, the 2x Emmy-Winning Casting Director of YELLOWSTONE, WEST WORLD, and OPPENHEIMER.

Our ½hr Grand Prize Winner will also win a call with Henry Russell Bergstein CSA, the Emmy-Nominated Casting Director of BLACK MIRROR, and SUCCESSION.

Plus, both Grand Prize Winners will receive a free call with Save The Cat’s Master Cat Team to discuss the craft.

* 1-Hour & ½-Hour 2nd Place Winners – receive $500 each.

All four (4) of our Winners will also receive four (4) month's free InkTip Pro membership & the opportunity to receive free one-to-one career advice from InkTip's staff.

* Top 10 Finalists in each category will have the opportunity to join our private alumni Facebook community where they can network with other winners, readers, & members of the Shore Scripts team, and our directors roster and take part in exclusive live events and access specially provided learning materials.

The StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest - an open competition recognizing 16 winners with $25,000.00 in cash and prizes, including guaranteed reads and other invaluable industry promotion! Past winners and contestants have garnered reads, gained representation, and optioned or sold their scripts! Will you be next?

Entering its 8th year, Festival of Cinema NYC will be taking place from August 2nd - 11th, 2024. The festival welcomes filmmakers and attendees to the legendary Regal UA Midway theater in Forest Hills Queens, New York, with additional programming that includes workshops and panels at the Queens Library at Forest Hills.

Festival of Cinema NYC is a fully rounded film festival that looks to nurture and help develop the careers of emerging filmmakers and writers. The festival particularly seeks un-produced scripts and offers the top finalists a chance at participating in a staged reading of their work in front of a live audience.

Top prizes include a pitch meeting as well as a consultation with a film distributor.

Scripts of all lengths, genres and subjects are accepted. Whether your film is a drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, documentary, experimental, LGBTQ, animation, even if it tackles social issues - we want to show it! Our Opening Night, Closing Night, and special screening events (like our Midnight Madness and Underground Films presentations) are all selected from the very best submissions we receive. Plus, every filmmaker that submits a film will automatically receive a one-year subscription to Videomaker Digital Magazine, a leading subscription service that focuses on guiding independent filmmakers with online tutorials and publications (a $20 value). All selected filmmakers get VIP passes that allow entry into all our screenings, events, and parties.

Festival of Cinema NYC is the only film festival in New York City to be supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Support from these nationally recognized foundations is a testament to the hard work our team has put into advancing the careers of filmmakers. Whether they are new to the industry with their first film, or a filmmaker with several films under their belt, our mission is to help these emerging filmmakers get more exposure and media attention, reach larger audiences, and meet other industry professionals who can help further their career.

As an IMDB qualifying festival who has consistently landed on FilmFreeway's Top 100 reviewed list, Festival of Cinema NYC has quickly risen to become New York City's go to festival for the best in Independent Film. Our goal is to bring purpose back to film festivals and make it a platform where filmmakers facing challenges can get their work seen and ultimately picked up for distribution. The incredible PR team works around the clock to ensure a large attendance at each screening. In addition, every filmmaker is given a post screening Q&A and a chance to interact with attendees and attending industry professionals.

Our festival’s growing reputation of top-notch independent films has consistently attracted more distributors every year, making it a possibility to interact with distributors directly! One of the key components to Festival of Cinema NYC's success is making sure each filmmaker and their film get the proper attention and publicity that they deserve. Our publicity department works diligently to ensure that filmmakers receive coverage in news outlets and local media. Filmmakers at the festival have had their films featured in various news publications around Queens and New York City, including the New York Times, the NY Daily News, the NY Post, the Queens Chronicle, CBSN and NY1 News on Spectrum cable. Attending filmmakers each get a Q&A following their screening, giving them the chance to engage with audiences.

Additionally, Festival of Cinema NYC hosts panels, workshops and seminars that strongly appeal to filmmakers and attendees seeking further insight into the independent film industry. Presenters have included Seed & Spark, SAG-AFTRA, and invited guest speakers. Seminars have included topics such as film distribution, how to build a publicity campaign, and how to raise funding for your project.

Festival of Cinema NYC is a competitive festival that honors the submissions with awards in 17 categories. Every film and script selected is eligible for an award. Past jury members have included writer/director Dito Montiel; Anna Garduno, Executive Producer at Netflix; Amy Peters, Emmy award winner; Doug LeClaire, founder of Asbury Shorts USA; Isil Bagdadi, president of distribution at Cavu Pictures; and David Josh Lawrence, head of acquisitions at Glass House Pictures. Winners are handed a beautiful custom statuette as well as prizes being offered from some of our amazing sponsors. Among this year’s prizes, filmmakers can walk away with a distribution consultation, and a 1-hour sound mixing session with Emmy Award winning sound studio Silver Sound. The top 10 script finalist in the un-produced script category will receive a 1-month membership to STAGE 32's writer's room, with the winner given a pitch meeting with a producer of their choice through the STAGE 32 Network.

15th Annual Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition was founded in 2010 to encourage and support independent filmmakers, who work in the horror, suspense, science fiction, Supernatural, drama, action, adventure, and art house genres.

Screenwriting software, Cash and other screenwriting prizes,
Enter Your Screenplay For your Chance to Win.

Feature Screenplay Prize
1st Place $500.00
2nd Place $300.00

Short Screenplay Prize
1st Place $100
2nd Place $75

The future of narrative storytelling is in the hands of the next generation of writers — and AoBFF believes in celebrating diverse creative voices from all over the world. For 2024 we're continuing our tradition of exciting industry partnerships, valuable prize packages, and great networking opportunities.

** As part of our mission to support emerging writers, everyone who enters will receive a FREE webinar from Roadmap Writers.**

VISIONFEST is an annual online screenwriting competition evolving from what began in 2001 as VISIONFEST: THE OTHER FESTIVAL (commonly referred to as VF) and founded by the Domani Vision Film Society LLC, an organization dedicated to bringing you tomorrow's visionaries... today. The Screenwriting Competition accepts feature length and short screenplays in all genres for a chance to win cash prizes, commemorative certificates, and more... Top winning feature script gets $1k cash prize - winning short $350 cash!

Turn your calling card script into an attention-grabbing short film with our $15,000 cash production grant!

As much as we love to read scripts, too many excellent shorts never progress beyond the written word, which is why we established the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund to help take those compelling stories off the page and onto the screen.

Many of our previous 19 funded short films have played at some of the top film festivals in the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, BFI London, Austin, Cannes, Encounters, and Palm Springs. They’ve even won BAFTA’s! Those writers have gone on to gain representation, sold screenplays, and been staffed on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, & BBC shows as a direct result of winning and producing their shorts with us.

New projects are funded each season, offering screenwriters and filmmakers the fantastic opportunity to finance and produce their short scripts with a $15,000 cash grant towards production or finishing funds. It’s one of the single best ways to showcase your creative talent, receive festival exposure, and open doors within the industry – so what’s stopping you?!

Here's the lowdown:

Grand Prize Winner - A Cash Grant of $15,000 and support from Shore Scripts to take your screenplay through pre-production, production, post, and distribution. Plus, free camera equipment rental from ARRI Rental for the duration of production (some restrictions may apply). On top of that, our winner will receive a Film Festival Strategy Package with Tribeca programmer, filmmaker, and Academy member, KIMBERLEY BROWNING.

2nd Place Winner - A Cash Prize of $1,000 and script development with Shore Scripts.

Both Winners will connect with two-time Oscar-nominated producer MARIA GRACIA TURGEON for development, production, and career guidance. Both Winners will also have the opportunity to have their scripts circulated to select members of our Industry Roster and Directors; and will receive a free 30-minute consultation from our new partner Seed & Spark.

Top 5 Finalists – will receive feedback on their scripts from one of our esteemed Judges. And, new this season, one US-based writer will get on a call with Natalie Gergely (VP, Scripted at Gunpowder & Sky) and one European-based writer will get on a call with Kirstie MacDonald (Creative Director of TV at FilmNation) to discuss their projects and receive career advice.

Top 15 Finalists – will have the opportunity to have their scripts circulated to select members of our Industry Roster and Directors, plus an invitation to our private Facebook group where we regularly host Q&As with screenwriting and industry professionals.

The Spring Season of the 2024 Short Film Fund will award production financing or finishing funds for one new short film and our Award-Winning Judges including filmmakers, festival programmers, and former Fund winners will decide this season’s Grand Prize Winner.

As a new writer, getting a script produced is a transformative career milestone that can lead to new opportunities and help you pitch your stories to producers, managers, and agents. Our Short Film Fund was established to commission production projects from emerging screenwriters and create another avenue for them to get their work seen by the industry.

The Fund accepts submissions from writers, directors, and producers from around the world. We are open to working with directors attached to the project, even first-timers. However, if you are a standalone writer, Shore Scripts can assist in attaching a director and team to the project, if needed. We also accept submissions from produced shorts seeking finishing funds.

The Fund accepts scripts for narrative short films (live-action & animation), web series pilots, half-hour TV pilots, and proof-of-concept shorts for TV series and features.

Screenplays must be in English; however, the production can be filmed in any country and any language (English subtitles in the finished film are required).

We can offer end-to-end support from script development to post-production and film festival distribution.

We do not seek to obtain any rights over your script or the finished film at any time. For those who take the funding, we ask for a production company credit and access to promotional material for the resulting short film to promote the project and Fund in the future.

READ MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SHORT FILM FUND: https://www.shorescripts.com/historyoftheshortfilmfund/

Plus, every writer who enters receives a FREE 18-page booklet on HOW TO GET YOUR SCREENPLAY PRODUCED.

Script Summit was created to help more writers get signed, staffed, and produced. Our previous winners have been signed by talent managers, seen their scripts get produced, and have had their work pitched to production companies.

This is why Script Summit is listed as one of the Top 20 Biggest Screenwriting Contests in the world by the ScriptLab!

With our contest, you can even receive feedback from our professional readers.

The leading screenplay competition for thriller screenwriters. Well-written thrillers demonstrate commerciality and effectively delivered narrative.

Hollywood managers and producers will receive the winning script and consider the top finalists' loglines for read requests, including:

Grindstone Entertainment, MadHorse, Magnet Management, Zero Gravity, and Morningstar Films.

Plus, winner gets 4mo free InkTip Pro and all entrants get 1 free pitch to other pros at VPF (1 per entrant.)

London Independent Story Prize (LISP) is a not-for-profit organisation founded by storytellers for storytellers. LISP aims to nurture brave voices and create sustainable networking opportunities for writers and filmmakers. Our purpose is to build a community that embraces multicultural differences, bold voices, unique writers, and extraordinary artistic approaches to storytelling.

2024 BlueCat TV Writing Competition: CALL FOR ENTRIES

BlueCat has a long and distinguished history of discovering unknown TV writers, introducing them to the industry and launching their careers.

We have two categories: Hour Pilot and Half-Hour Pilot. 

Every pilot submitted will receive script analysis at no additional cost. After receiving feedback, all writers will be eligible to revise their scripts and resubmit. 

Send us your pilot—-we want to help you develop your script!

Deadlines:
* Early: April 2nd
* Regular: May 7th 
* Final: June 4th
* Late: June 25th 
* Resubmission: July 23rd 

Founded in 1998 by award-winning writer Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat has supported thousands of screenwriters through written analysis provided to all entrants, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in the film and television industry.

BlueCat's Alumni include:

Aaron Guzikowski (Verve/Madhouse) wrote PRISONERS, the remake of PAPILLON, and Ridley Scott's RAISED BY WOLVES.

Fergal Rock wrote DEPARTURES starring Nina Dobrev and Maisie Williams.

Ana Lily Amirpour (CAA), won Special Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice Film Festival for THE BAD BATCH, directed by Lyle Vincent (DREAMLAND) and starring Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves. She will direct CLIFFHANGERS produced by Neal Mortiz.

Ashleigh Powell (Gersh/Good Fear Film), wrote THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS directed by Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston. She’s currently writing THE ATHENA PROJECT for Warner Bros and THE PAPER MAGICIAN for Disney.

Festival and screenplay contest celebrating the best of indie crime and horror.

Scripts in the crime and horror sub-genres juggle genre-awareness, often times in order to subvert the expected, with natural talent and a unique voice. We aim to spotlight the voices of tomorrow's classics.

Winners will be considered by:

ZERO GRAVITY
BLOOD LIST / BRILLSTEIN
THINK TANK
TXL FILMS
... and more.

The top three screenplays also receive 4 months of free listings on InkTip!

24th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival & Screenplay Competition call for entries open for genre feature film scripts. Top Prizes include $1K cash prize, 10 free pitches on Virtual Pitchfest (VPF), 4-month InkTip Pro Membership, Movie Magic Software,. Top 5 Finalists receive 5 free pitches on VPF, One full festival pass to Screamfest 2024, Movie Magic Screenwriter, 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. Finalists read by producers and managers.